Category: New stories
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![When the Door Closed [1-page story]](https://adriancowderoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/When-the-Door-Closed-150x150.png)
When the Door Closed [1-page story]
Suzanne closed the door carefully, as wary of its ancient wood as of the publishing house’s history. She turned her back on the stone pillar and faced her colleague. “He used to say nothing would stop a publication date. Something’s happened to him.” She shook her head, not a strand of her bob out of…
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![Cheating the system [1-page story]](https://adriancowderoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cheating-the-system-150x150.png)
Cheating the system [1-page story]
The perfect AI job, at last—Maarisa figured. Her enthusiasm was met by an HR person with a stained tea mug and a frown: “Your CV is… unusual.”